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  • Jan 11, 2021

    Never knew he was independent 😯
    Hope he sustains the hype 🙏

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    They invest in your brand not talent.

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    He’s easily the best in the industry

    I can’t understand how everyone’s not all over him like they are with Frank Ocean

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    There’s an entire video where Brent and his manager talk about being independent and the type of stuff they do

  • Jan 11, 2021
    HNDRXX

    also his popularity is another piece of evidence to show how strong TikTok can be.

    Did any of his songs blow up on tiktok?

    I think 'Trust' did

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    RX Diggler

    No

  • Jan 11, 2021
    ClanWay

    Talk 2 U and the stuff with Sonder is great. I don't f*** with much else. Trying to though lol

    Someone posted unreleased loosies in a thread once and honestly it was some of thee best s*** I’ve heard by him

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    Sunny Sun

    He’s easily the best in the industry

    I can’t understand how everyone’s not all over him like they are with Frank Ocean

    Frank’s music is just way better n i love brent

    He’s also mysterious had the whole odd future history, working with Jay beyonce kanye and everybody else that’s a titan, etc

  • Jan 11, 2021
    Cajun Fries

    Frank’s music is just way better n i love brent

    He’s also mysterious had the whole odd future history, working with Jay beyonce kanye and everybody else that’s a titan, etc

    Eh I think Brent is better, but I can see why more people flock to Frank

  • Jan 11, 2021

    He's independent? Oh he getting to the bag then, his career is on a good trajectory. My girls plays this nigga once a day and I gotta admit as samey as his singing can be sometimes, that nigga is NICE. I didn't know him outside of the Goldlink feature

  • Jan 11, 2021

    You don’t need to throw another person under the bus to uplift someone

  • Jan 11, 2021

    real music wins every single time no matter who you are or where you're from.

  • Jan 11, 2021

    my avi says it all

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    news flash: chance wasn't independent and neither was X

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    streetziswatchin

    news flash: chance wasn't independent and neither was X

    X only had a distribution deal though. how wasn't Chance?

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    tupacarti

    X only had a distribution deal though. how wasn't Chance?

    Chance did a deal with Apple Music that was structured literally exactly the same as a label deal except he kept his masters. Marketing, tour support, digital, etc. X did a deal with a major prior to his death. Even Brent has a distro deal with Sony

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    streetziswatchin

    Chance did a deal with Apple Music that was structured literally exactly the same as a label deal except he kept his masters. Marketing, tour support, digital, etc. X did a deal with a major prior to his death. Even Brent has a distro deal with Sony

    Wasn't the XXX deal before his death w/ Universal under Caroline, which is still strictly distribution? had no idea about the apple thing w/ Chance though, thanks

  • Jan 11, 2021
    HNDRXX

    also his popularity is another piece of evidence to show how strong TikTok can be.

    Did any of his songs blow up on tiktok?

    dead man walking another one all over tik tok rn

  • Jan 11, 2021

    He also absorbed bryson tillers fanbase

  • Jan 11, 2021
    AKFresh

    They invest in your brand not talent.

    his brand kinda bigger than his music tho unfortunately i know girls who only know him as an instagram nigga

  • tupacarti

    and i'm not talking music wise (although he is in that category too). There hasn't been an artist to get this big while independent since XXX or Chance (R.I.P. his career). I think Brent will motivate other artists to not sign in the future, much like Master P did to him.
    also his popularity is another piece of evidence to show how strong TikTok can be.

    sidenote: really unbelievable that him and his manager went to every label, and they wouldn't give him at least 150k for an advance and 18% of royalties, but somebody like Summrs is able to get 500k (not knocking summrs, but Brent is an undeniable talent).

    https://djbooth.net/features/2017-10-31-brent-faiyaz-manager-major-labels

    i really hope less artists sign in the future, it's more easier today if you get a good manager that can form a team for you

    summrs probably had low royalties. and these labels aren't stupid, they know how much his catalog is worth and how much they'll make off it in the future. they want as much as they can get

  • Jan 11, 2021

    f*** alladat

    summerz fr got a 500k deal

  • Jan 11, 2021
    Olsen

    this not Dua Lipa

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    everything meant to be b

    i’m glad they tried to son him so now he an independent goat

    idk if the article has the video, but there’s a mini tour docu where they break down a little bit about how they reach to fans using the internet.

    inspirational fr and i think he channeling an energy that hasn’t been tapped into for ahile, exactly like u saying.

    was thinkin about making a thread about this but more on the creative side of things. he a generational talent, blessed to be apart of it

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    ClanWay

    Talk 2 U and the stuff with Sonder is great. I don't f*** with much else. Trying to though lol

    if u feel like u have to, it’s prob not for you. u missing out tho fr haven’t felt this way since early XO days